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Gabapentin is often used in cats for pain therapy and to reduce anxiety. Learn more about gabapentin for cats, including side effects. My husband and I are having an argument over how much gabapentin we should give our cat sebastian. After several years with the same vet we used a cocktail of 2 100mg tablets of gabapentin (200mg total) plus 10 MG of acepromezine. Today I took him in to the vet. A new one since we moved across the country. This is his second time to this vet. The first time he took his usual gabapentin, but Gabapentin for cats can help soothe certain painful conditions. Learn more about its uses, safety guidelines, and more. Hi, my cat needs to go to a new vet tomorrow. At her old Vet, she takes 100 mg of Gabapentin the night before a visit, and another 200 mg the day of. That barely takes the edge off her fear. Is 250 mg of Gabapentin within general dosing guidelines for cats? She is 13, 12 lbs with possible asthma (thus the vet visit) and dental disease. Otherwise healthy as far as I know. Thanks. I have to give my cat 100 mg of gabapentin tonight and 100 mg tomorrow 3 hours before the vet visit as she is getting her blood drawn. I’m nervous because she’s a 9.7 lb cat and I don’t know anything about how sedatives work on cats. This is the vets recommendation. Has anyone had experience with this dosage on their cats? Thanks! Update: The first dose didn’t seem to make her drowsy Gabapentin is a medication commonly prescribed to humans for the treatment of nerve pain and seizures. Surprisingly, this medication has also gained popularity in the veterinary world, with many veterinarians prescribing it to cats for various conditions. But just how much gabapentin can a cat have? In this article, we will explore the safe dosage range for cats, as well as the potential If your cat routinely gets Gabapentin for exams and does well, feel free to schedule at your convenience. If we can find the right dosage and timing, you and your cat will be much happier, and that is truly our goal! Same! The gabapentin hasn't worked super well for my cat (vet suggested increased dose next time) but Churu made the vet completely bearable for him. My vet has recommended that I give Gabapentin tonight before my 10 am vet visit tomorrow. Does anyone know WHEN tonight? I mean I was thinking it would last 8 hours. Does it matter? I had planned on giving my cat his - visit dose -- at round 7 AM. I know a specialist veterinary behaviourist who uses doses up to 200mg gabapentin in cats. It does have sedative effects so those symptoms are to be expected, and will resolve with time. I think 200 mg for a senior 7 lb cat is way too high though. Where I am we have only required the gabapentin to be administered 2 hours before the appointment and not an additional dose 12 hours before. Let them know you feel the dose is too high, sometimes they require feedback from the owners to know if the dosing is right. This study set out to investigate the effect of giving a single dose of gabapentin for fear-based aggressive behaviors in cats during veterinary visits. The researchers compared a dose of either 100 or 200 mg/cat to placebo capsules 2 hours prior to the vet visit. Correlations between favorable outcomes were measured based on compliance scores. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Hey everybody! I recently had to get Gabapentin pills from my vet to give my cat before his grooming session tomorrow. She told me I can give him 1-2 pills, each one is 100mg. My cat gets aggressive with groomers so I was going to give him 2 pills before his appointment, but I feel this weird anxiety of giving him 200mg of a sedative. I gave him 100mg the other day to test the effects and it Learn how to give a cat gabapentin safely with simple steps to reduce stress and ensure proper dosage for your feline friend. My cat, Milo (male almost 4 years old), is supposed to take 200mg of gabapentin the night before his vet appt, and then 200mg the day of (before his vet appt) due to him having a lot of anxiety during the car ride AND at the vet. This is excellent advice— I’d just add that gabapentin has few side effects for animals or people, which is why it’s increasingly prescribed for off label uses, like mild sedation. My elderly 17lb.dog is on 100mg gaba twice daily for neurological (spinal) pain long term without any impact on kidney or liver values. Thankfully the cat is still eating, drinking, and using the litter box. But for those whose cats are on gabapentin, how many days did it take for you to notice positive effects? I have no experience with it, so I don't know in my gut if it's actually helping. My cat takes 100 mg gabapentin 2x a day for pain and has since around July 2021. At first he was super loopy, now he's normal on it. Unfortunately I think that only speaks to how well it can be tolerated in cats, since my cat is not aggressive, I don't know if it would help your cat's aggression or not.
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